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Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
Examinations ABDOMINAL ... Tomography (CT) — Lung ... #ChestXRay #CXR ... Comparison #Table #Risks ... #Testing #Study
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
yield of available diagnostic ... testing, patient ... CT in 6 to 12 months ... presence of patient risk ... with a higher risk
How much radiation is used in paediatric radiology examinations compared to other exposures?

Estimated dose - Days
Abdominal CT ... Radiation #Doses #Imaging ... #ChestXRay #CXR ... Comparison #Table #Risks ... #Testing #Study
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Pseudomonas FUNGAL ... Pneumonia: • Risk ... weight loss • Imaging ... lymphadenopathy, • Abdominal
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Food products Risk ... enzymes, diarrhea, abdominal ... • Dyspnea, • Chest ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... Clinical (Symptoms, Imaging
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
MUCORMYCOSIS • Risk ... Pulmonary 3) Abdominal ... Urinary antigen testing ... fumigatus, A. flavus ... change in the lungs